Scott Morrison (Cook, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I know who does like our gas plan—the member for Hunter. He likes our gas plan. Maybe he's got a few friends who like our gas plan over there. I suspect there are a few others on the opposition benches who have a different view on what they feel about gas. The policy on gas is a bit confusing. What we know is this: gas is the important transition fuel for the changes in our energy needs for this country for the future. It does two things. The gas that we need for Australian jobs and for Australian industry is also the same gas which firms the renewable technologies that we're putting in our energy sector at record levels that enable the transition. That is why we want to see more of it. We want to get more out of the ground so that we can fuel the jobs that this country needs as we come out of the COVID-19 recession.

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